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TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor manufacturer. The company was founded in in 1987. Its semiconductor fabrication plant (also known as a ‘foundry’) was the first to produce 5-nanometre semiconductors, the most advanced in the world. TSMC does not design its own chips, but manufactures them for other companies.

Summary

TSMC’s strongest measurement area is skills due to its support for teaching technical digital skills such as coding, and school connectivity in rural areas in Taiwan. In the area of use, the company discloses its senior-level oversight for cybersecurity, the scope of its security incident response team, and information security management certification. Under innovation, the company partners with universities and follows best practice by disclosing the number of women it employs in technical roles. In the area of access, TSMC provides detailed disclosure of its direct and indirect economic impacts. The company’s reporting aligns with international standards. But there is limited evidence of its activities in the areas of digital inclusion that are within the scope of this benchmark.

Ranking position: #56/100
Total score: 0.60/2

Measurement area	Score (0-2)	Rank (0-100)
Access	0.53 / 2	#52
Skills	0.69 / 2	#33
Use	0.63 / 2	#58
Innovation	0.56 / 2	#71

Access: Relative to other digital companies, TSMC is transparent in disclosing information about the number of its employees with disabilities and how the economic value it generates is distributed among its stakeholders.
Skills: TSMC has digital skills training and school connectivity programmes, which are implemented through its foundation and target students in rural locations. The initiatives include teaching coding skills and providing tablets and second-hand computers to students.
Use: The company follows leading practices for high-level responsibility for cybersecurity, information security management certification and reporting data breaches.
Innovation: TSMC has established research centres at leading universities in Taiwan.

Access: The company has an opportunity to support access to digital technologies for vulnerable groups and digital inclusion for women and girls. TSMC could also describe the measures it has taken to make its workplace inclusive for employees with disabilities.
Skills: TSMC has an opportunity to more widely support digital skills development among vulnerable and under-represented groups. The company could consider carrying out a third-party assessment of its programmes that support technical digital skills and school connectivity.
Use: As a digital company, TSMC has an opportunity to make a high-level commitment to child online protection.
Innovation: TSMC has an opportunity to enhance its support for open source and standards and the tech start‑up ecosystem. It could also report on ethical considerations followed in research and development.

More about the company

Headquarters: Taiwan
Ownership structure: Public, of which the National Development Fund (Taiwan Government) holds 6.4%
Fiscal year: Ends 31 December
Group revenue: US$34,594 million (FY2019)
Group employees: 51,297 (FY2019)
Website: https://www.tsmc.com

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